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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles, 1928. An up-and-coming journalist, Daisy Washington anonymously chronicles fierce activism and behind-the-scenes Hollywood scandals to save her family from poverty. But power is also fueled by racism, greed, and betrayal. Chicago, 1968. For Frankie Saunders, fleeing across America is her only escape from an abusive husband. But her rescuer is her Aunt Daisy, still reeling from her own shattered past. Daisy will do whatever it takes to...
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Describes animals that live in the hottest climates and how they have adapted to survive, such as an earthworm that curls up underground, a desert jackrabbit that vents heat through oversized ears, and a siren salamander that burrows beneath wetland mud.
10) Saving the sun
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When the sun sinks and loses its fire, Luna and Poppa's yearly vacation on Summer Island suddenly goes dark. Luna knows the sun needs their help--the sky looks all wrong, and it's neither day nor night! But it's a big job to do all on their own.
13) I'm Sunny
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Join Sunny the sun in this board book about feelings.
14) Sol
Author
Publisher
Child's Play (International) Ltd
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
"¡A jugar bajo el sol! ¡Hay una gran variedad de vistas, sonidos, olores, sabores y texturas para descubrir y disfrutar!"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"East-coast novelist Patrick Hamlin has come to Hollywood with simple goals in mind: overseeing the production of a film adaptation of one of his books, preventing starlet Cassidy Carter's disruptive behavior from derailing said production, and turning this last-ditch effort at career resuscitation into the sort of success that will dazzle his wife and daughter back home. But California is not as he imagined: drought, wildfire, and corporate corruption...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In twelfth century, Persia, clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Malik's beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard. When Shaherazade recounts her first tale, the story of this infidelity, to the Malik, she sets the Seljuk Empire on fire. Enraged at his wife's betrayal, the once-gentle Malik beheads her. But when that killing does not quench his anger, the Malik begins to marry and behead a new bride each night. Furious...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
One dawn the Moon hears the laughter of children waking up and she yearns to see them, but the day belongs to the Sun and he will not trade places; so the Moon tempts him with stories of the stars and two come up with a compromise that explains why the moon can sometimes be seen in the daytime.
19) My little small
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A Creature who cannot tolerate sunlight lives in a gray cave, longing for something small to care for, until a sun spark appears and teaches her about the world outside.
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